Monday April 27, 1998 Part 2 23 Messages ====================================== Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:52:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Kat To: "'felvtalk@MailingList.net'" Subject: RE: Saliha Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Saliha, I send you ({([e-hugs])}) and condolences on the loss of "Tessie". Kat (New Jersey) -------------------------------------- From: Newtanator Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 16:50:48 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Steve Is Adopted Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Steve, Congrats on the new additions. Chloe couldn't make up her mind which one so she had you take all three. How about since one is Radar, name the other two Hawkeye and Trapper!! (Unless you hated MASH, in which case, nevermind). Enjoy! barb -------------------------------------- From: "Steve Lackow" To: Subject: Re: Steve Is Adopted Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:08:55 -0700 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Thanks Cheryl! Dumb ol' me is finally noticing that all your cats are named after Boston landmarks. -- Steve -------------------------------------- From: "Equinox Corp." To: "'felvtalk@MailingList.net'" Subject: RE: Transfusion question Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 16:12:41 -0700 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Yes, apparently vitamin B 12 shots boost up the immune system and aid in red blood cell production according to one vet who says " felv must be combatted most aggressively". How is lefty doing today? Saliha -------------------------------------- From: "Cheri Gardiner" To: Subject: Kitty & Chaz Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 19:00:20 -0600 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Took Kitty and Chaz in for checkups today. Both looking good. Chaz still has some swollen lymph nodes in front of his back legs. I'm going to keep watch on him. Kitty is doing fine. Her kidney infection seems better. She still has two maintenance immunoregulin shots to go. I mailed out about 10 letters to local vets telling I'd take FeLV+ cats/kittens. I hope it'll have some results and make them aware there is an alternative. Maybe soem of them will even start testing. Cheri G., Kitty & Chaz -------------------------------------- From: "Equinox Corp." To: "Felv Talk (E-mail)" Subject: FW: Saliha Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 16:37:07 -0700 Reply-to: felvtalk@MailingList.net -----Original Message----- From: Equinox Corp. [SMTP:equinox@az.com] Sent: Monday, April 27, 1998 4:33 PM To: 'felvtalk@MailingList.net' Subject: RE: Saliha Thank you, and please accept mine on losing Selena. years ago, I came acrooss a photo of the Taj Mahal with an inscription on it which said " Help us O Lord bear that which we can't bear". The hardest part about losing Tessie is that it just doesn't make any sense. Why so sweet, an innocent a being was condemned to death by such cruel, relentless disease. It just doesn't make any sense. We miss her very much. Saliha -------------------------------------- From: "Claude Horstmann" To: Subject: Re: Saliha Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:17:41 -0400 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Selena lost her battle with FeLV today, but she did not lose her LIFE to this relentless dis-ease ! Thanks to Interferon she was able to string together 14 precious symptom free months, and thanks to the MailingList, she was able to have 5 more months of relative ease with information gathered from these postings. Nothing that I chose for her along the way will bring me cause for regret , and I thank people for their kindness and concern. Till Cheesecake.........................................marilyn. -------------------------------------- From: "Cheri Gardiner" To: Subject: Re: Steve Is Adopted Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 18:47:32 -0600 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Steve, You sound like a proud dad....CONGRATULATIONS on your new family. I'll say some extra prayers for your new family. Cheri G., Kitty & Chaz -------------------------------------- From: "Cheri Gardiner" To: Subject: Re: Saliha Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 18:51:12 -0600 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net SAliha, So sorry to hear about the loss of Tessia. My ptayers and tears are with you. Remember Tessie is at the Rainbow Bridge and having fun, free of pain. She'll wait for you while she's playing with all our furangels up there. Cheri G., Kitty & Chaz In memory of my little boy Mickey -------------------------------------- To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:04:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Selena- Empathy Trainer From: naohalloran@juno.com (Naomi J O'Halloran) Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Marilyn, So sorry to hear about Selena. You did so much for her. My thoughts are with you. Naomi -------------------------------------- To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:19:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Saliha From: naohalloran@juno.com (Naomi J O'Halloran) Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Saliha, So sorry to hear that you lost Tessie. She is happy and carefree now at the Rainbow Bridge and is watching over you. Naomi -------------------------------------- Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:42:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Nancy A. Schmall" To: FeLV Talk Subject: Re: Steve Is Adopted Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Steve, Congratulations on your new family! Nancy -------------------------------------- Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:32:35 -0400 From: Glen Zipper To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Tompkins Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Naomi, Sorry I haven't been checking my mail over the past few days. Tucker has taken a turn for the worse and were pretty close to the end, so I didn't have the energy to make it on-line. Also, Im sorry (and happy) to inform you that Tompkins has found a loving home. A very nice and compassionate couple responded to a flyer I had up in town and took him in. Although they are not FeLV experts like you and I, they are fully aware of the situation and are willing to love and care for Tompkins despite his illness. We had Tompkins double checked and he is REALLY healthy and boy is he happy! I sent him off with a "lifetime" supply of food, vitamins, and tOyS. You wouldn't believe how obvious it is that he is so happy not to have to be outside in the rain searching for food. They just took him tonight, although we agreed to the adoption on Saturday afternoon [we were waiting for some test results which all came back negative]. We just called over there to see how he was doing and they said he explored the whole house and is lying on the couch with them watching TV. They said that its so weird that you can literally tell what the cat is thinking, i.e. "Im so happy! I hit the lottery--finally someone to love me and feed me, and Ill always be warm, yadda, yadda, yadda..." But now I also feel REALLY BAD because you sounded so excited. Id be willing to even buy you a cat if you wanted one! Also, believe it or not rumor has it that there is another cat that was hanging around with Tompkins--and if this is true, and I took away his only companion--Im going to feel awful---so........I'll look into it and let you know. Thank you so much for your offer though. Glen P.S. To all-Re: Tucker--Tucker obviously has late stage lymphosarcoma--his kidneys are HUGE and HARD as rocks, he has a bad cold, and his blood work sucks...he's pretty much ready. Im taking him off all the song and dance meds and just going to give him as much pred as it takes to make him feel good for a few days, and then I guess Ill do what I need to do. Im OK though, We'll all have to deal with this sooner or later...just wish this would have waited til after finals. -------------------------------------- From: macat@webtv.net (belinda sauro) Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:51:15 -0700 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Saliha Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Marilyn, It's a sad day for all, Selena and you put up one heck of a fight, I'm glad you had the extra months of memory making. She was a tough little girl. My thoughts are with you....take care. Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats... Come see why I'm so happy... http://come.to/Be-Mi-Kitties www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7122 -------------------------------------- From: macat@webtv.net (belinda sauro) Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:58:47 -0700 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: RE: Transfusion question Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Saliha, My deepest sympathies for your loss of Tessie, may she be happy and healthy with the rest of our babies at the Rainbow Bridge. Til' we all meet again play hard sweet babies...... Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats... Come see why I'm so happy... http://come.to/Be-Mi-Kitties www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7122 -------------------------------------- From: Newtanator Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:06:02 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Saliha Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Saliha, What happened to you has happened to all of us, that is what has drawn us together. If I only knew two years ago, what I know now. Much sympathy on your loss of Tessie, but you did the best you could with what you had. barb -------------------------------------- From: Rdmacaulay Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:48:24 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Fitz the Cat Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net To Everyone, I've been a "listener" on the board for the past several days, as I had nothing definite to say regarding Fitzgerald. Just wanted to thank you all again for your help, your prayers, and your kind words. We had Fitz put to sleep this afternoon. We had consulted with the oncologist on Saturday. He wasn't positive about anything, so more tests were done and we were supposed to call tomorrow for the results. Well, Fitz couldn't wait that long. It's been five weeks of pain and suffering for him and us. Yesterday I saw him drag himself across the living room floor, through the hall, and into the bathroom to use the litter box. He had pretty much lost the use of his hind legs, the ones that had been causing him so much pain. We brought him to the emergency vet, and they boarded him for the night until the oncologist could see him this morning. Turns out he had cancer in his bone marrow and his liver. I don't know how he made it this far. Only ten months old, and taken away. I am heartbroken, as is my husband Doug. Armstrong seems sad too. He hasn't understood why his brother would never play with him anymore like he always used to, and now he's a bit clingy to us. I feel that I've let them both down. And I'm mad that nobody could determine it was cancer five weeks ago--maybe we could've done something. Maybe not. The most improvement I saw was when he was on the raw diet with vitamin supplements. He purred a bit and even raised his tail when I stroked his back. But he was losing weight, so I gave him back his old food. He purred last yesterday morning on our bed. But he wouldn't eat anything I made him and then the dragging across the floor, which was absolutely horrid to watch. Little Armstrong will be it for us for now, as we don't want to get him a FeLV+ playmate and have to go through this all over again. I wouldn't wish this on anyone; you are all much stronger than me I think. Fitz is buried in a beautiful place in my sister's backyard, under a cherry tree. They buried their dog there last week, so now the two of them are playing together, without a care in the world. I hope to see him again someday--he was a very special kitty. And we had a very special bond, him and I. --Rachel, Doug, & Armstrong -------------------------------------- From: Newtanator Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:33:26 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Fitz the Cat Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Rachel, Doug and Armstrong I know how you feel. My dear little Merlin was only ten months old also. Brain tumor. It's so hard when they are just babies. We aren't stronger, not really. We just hide it better. My magic man will show him around. barb -------------------------------------- To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:15:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Fitz the Cat From: naohalloran@juno.com (Naomi J O'Halloran) Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Rachel, I'm so sorry that you had to have Fitz put to sleep today. You certainly did everything you could for him--don' t feel that you've let him or Armstrong down. It's so horrible that cancer can take such a young one. We just had to put my grandmother's dog to sleep today for the same reason. She was 5, but that's still so young. We've been testing her since the very beginning of March, and just found out Thursday that it was cancer. It's nice that you could bury him next to your sister's dog so he'd have someone to play with. I will be thinking of you. Naomi -------------------------------------- From: "Cheri Gardiner" To: Subject: Re: Fitz the Cat Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 18:55:00 -0600 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Remember Fitz is at the Rainbow Bridge. He's chasing butterflies and playing with all the furangels that have left us. You were good to him and I'm sure he knew you loved him. Cheri G., Kitty & Chaz In memory of my little boy MIckey -------------------------------------- Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:58:38 -0400 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net From: Angela Holderby Subject: Re: FW: Saliha Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net I have to jump in here... That is exactly what is so hard for me. My precious little Lefty is only 9 months old (Poncho, too.) and I am sick to death thinking about what he is probably going to go through. What really gets me is that my hubby's sister had her husband SHOT 2 or 3 of their cats last year because they 'had too many of them'. Boy, did I make them live hard for that one. I accused them of killing baby kitties who never asked to be born in the first place. She said "Oh, don't be that way, we didn't kill the babies, we killed the grown cats." I said "Oh, well, that's much better, you just killed their MOMMY!!!" Why is it that these people are shooting their outside cats that live on mice and occasional table scraps, as a method of population control, and I am going to lose these beautiful cats that have lived indoors their whole lives? It just isn't fair. But then, I guess nobody said life was fair. For those of you who have put your cats to sleep or watched them suffer in death, my heart goes out to you. I hope I am able to deal with it as well as you all seem to have. I signed papers last week to put Lefty to sleep and then didn't do it at the last minute. I remember the agony of crying all night the night before and the pain of holding him for what I thought would be the last time and I wouldn't wish that on anybody. The sad thing is that my family (not just hubby and kids, but my WHOLE family) acts like it is nothing. They get more emotionally upset over a blown tire than they do my cats. That really bothers me. My kids (ages 8, 5 and 3--which excuses them, I guess) were a bit upset when I explained that Lefty wouldn't be coming home, but then they said "Can we get another cat?" They are lucky God made them all three cute--that remark would have gotten anybody else slapped! I am sorry to be writing so much, but I feel like you people are the only ones who care about what we are going through. This is such a trivial thing to people who don't love these animals, but I KNOW the emotional attachment and yes, LOVE we feel for them. Thank you so much for understanding me when it feels that nobody else does. Angela. -------------------------------------- From: macat@webtv.net (belinda sauro) Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:46:51 -0700 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Fitz the Cat Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Rachel and family, I'm very sorry to hear of Fitz's passing, my prayers and thoughts are with you all. Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats... Come see why I'm so happy... http://come.to/Be-Mi-Kitties www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7122 -------------------------------------- From: macat@webtv.net (belinda sauro) Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:01:15 -0700 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Steve Is Adopted Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Steve, I am so....so happy for you and even happier for the kitties! Enjoy every second! Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats... Come see why I'm so happy... http://come.to/Be-Mi-Kitties www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7122 -------------------------------------- END